document.write( "Question 610698: the product of two numbers is 84. One number is 13 more than 2 times the other. Find both numbers \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x and y be the two numbers\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The product of two numbers is 84.
\n" ); document.write( "xy=84.........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "One number is 13 more than 2 times the other.
\n" ); document.write( "x=2y+13..............(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute the value of x in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "(2y+13)y=84
\n" ); document.write( "2y^2+13y=84
\n" ); document.write( "2y^2+13y-84=0
\n" ); document.write( "Solve for y
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable
Quadratic equation \"ay%5E2%2Bby%2Bc=0\" (in our case \"2y%5E2%2B13y%2B-84+=+0\") has the following solutons:
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"
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\n" ); document.write( " For these solutions to exist, the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\" should not be a negative number.
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\n" ); document.write( " First, we need to compute the discriminant \"b%5E2-4ac\": \"b%5E2-4ac=%2813%29%5E2-4%2A2%2A-84=841\".
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\n" ); document.write( " Discriminant d=841 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: \"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28-13%2B-sqrt%28+841+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\".
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\n" ); document.write( " \"y%5B1%5D+=+%28-%2813%29%2Bsqrt%28+841+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+4\"
\n" ); document.write( " \"y%5B2%5D+=+%28-%2813%29-sqrt%28+841+%29%29%2F2%5C2+=+-10.5\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Quadratic expression \"2y%5E2%2B13y%2B-84\" can be factored:
\n" ); document.write( " \"2y%5E2%2B13y%2B-84+=+2%28y-4%29%2A%28y--10.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( " Again, the answer is: 4, -10.5.\n" ); document.write( "Here's your graph:
\n" ); document.write( "\"graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+2%2Ax%5E2%2B13%2Ax%2B-84+%29\"

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\n" ); document.write( "y=4 or y=-10.5(inadmissible)
\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of y=4 in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "xy=84
\n" ); document.write( "4x=84
\n" ); document.write( "x=84/4
\n" ); document.write( "x=21\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x,y = 21,4\r
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\n" ); document.write( "xy=84
\n" ); document.write( "21*4=84
\n" ); document.write( "84=84\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=2y+13
\n" ); document.write( "21=2(4)+13
\n" ); document.write( "21=8+13
\n" ); document.write( "21=21
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